Martin: New Impreza will be good on black stuff.

02/07/2008 02:45. Subaru's Markko Martin enjoys successful first asphalt test with new Impreza.

Subaru test driver Markko Martin has said that the new Impreza WRC2008 should be very competitive on the asphalt events in Germany, Spain and France in the second half of the season.

Martin conducted the first tarmac test with the Impreza WRC2008 recently in the hills of Italy and the Estonian added that he had a 'very successful' outing in the car, which only made its debut in the World Rally Championship on the Acropolis Rally of Greece last month.

"It was good, the initial feeling is really very good," Martin told the team's official website, www.swrt.com. "We worked on improving the performance during the week and learned a lot about how the car works and how it responds to changes which was good.

"I... // Yahoo! Eurosport